J.K. Rowling's greatest advice to Harvard grads is disturbingly dark—but honestly, so brilliant and true via CNBCMakeIt
In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a powerful graduation speech at Harvard University. It was, in many ways, absolutely spellbinding — and quickly became the most-viewed commencement address on Harvard's website .
"Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation," she said."In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
Amnesty, she explained,"mobilizes thousands of people who have never been tortured or imprisoned for their beliefs to act on behalf of those who have. The power of human empathy, leading to collective action, saves lives and frees prisoners." And there are two things we can do with that power, Rowling stated:"We can use it to manipulate or control certain people or situations, or we can use it to understand and sympathize with others, thus turning it into a force for good."
"We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: We have the power to imagine better," she firmly told the crowd.
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